Bill Text: TX HB151 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to certain affirmative defenses to prosecution for the criminal offenses of sexual performance by a child and possession or promotion of child pornography.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-23 - Referred to State Affairs [HB151 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB151-Introduced.html

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88R1552 JCG-D
By: Slaton H.B. No. 151

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain affirmative defenses to prosecution for the
criminal offenses of sexual performance by a child and possession
or promotion of child pornography.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 43.25(f), Penal Code, is amended to read
as follows:
(f) It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution under this
section that[:
[(1)] the defendant was the spouse of the child at the
time of the offense[;
[(2) the conduct was for a bona fide educational,
medical, psychological, psychiatric, judicial, law enforcement, or
legislative purpose; or
[(3) the defendant is not more than two years older
than the child].
SECTION 2. Section 43.26(c), Penal Code, is amended to read
as follows:
(c) It is an [The] affirmative defense [defenses provided by
Section 43.25(f) also apply] to a prosecution under this section
that:
(1) the defendant was the spouse of the child at the
time of the offense; or
(2) the conduct was for a bona fide judicial or law
enforcement purpose.
SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An
offense committed before the effective date of this Act is governed
by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, and the
former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of
this section, an offense was committed before the effective date of
this Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.